If we do wrong and no harm comes of it, we are not thereby justified. If we did evil and good came of it, the evil would be just as evil. It is not the result of the action, but the action itself which God weighs.

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world. He is like a traveler in an inn, perfectly satisfied with the inn and its accommodation, considering it as an inn, but putting quite out of all consideration the idea of making it his home.

Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness, and not the apologist of sin.

The demon of pride was born with us; and it will not die one hour before us.

Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ

The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.

We often forget that the author of our faith must be the finisher of it also.